Be careful of the JEDI, Amazon
Microsoft has agreed to supply at least 120,000 production units of its HoloLens augmented-reality headsets to the US Army. In 2018, the software giant signed a $480m contract to supply 100,000 prototypes of the techno-goggles to Uncle Sam. The first batch of hardware was intended to «increase lethality by enhancing the ability to detect, decide and engage before the enemy.» And now, the software giant has announced it’s moving on from the prototype phase to a production run and field deployment of its headgear, dubbed the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS). Microsoft told the AP newswire the contract could be worth up to $21.9bn over the next decade; the deal is set at five years and can be extended another five.
